Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. Walter Elliot

I am a horse for a single harness, not cut out for tandem or teamwork; for well I know that in order to attain any definite goal, it is imperative that one person do the thinking and the commanding. Albert Einstein

My (basically) SIL has an inflated sense of self entitlement. I am selling my house, sure it needs a little work but is actually a great home. She can't understand why I won't sell the land (as in not the house, wants me to flatten it) to her and my brother.

Maybe because I have a mortgage for the cost of both house AND land? I can't really afford to give them a $100,000 wedding gift.

My (basically) SIL has an inflated sense of self entitlement. I am selling my house, sure it needs a little work but is actually a great home. She can't understand why I won't sell the land (as in not the house, wants me to flatten it) to her and my brother.

Maybe because I have a mortgage for the cost of both house AND land? I can't really afford to give them a $100,000 wedding gift.

Sell it to 'em "as is" and tell her to knock it down

http://cattaillady.com/ My blog exploring the beginning stages of learning how to homestead. With the occasional rant.

GotD: Having a perfectly good "bubble" burst.
Some illusions are better kept!

I found out today (middle of the night really) that one of the members of another forum I frequent (we share a common chronic illness) is in ICU, on a ventilator, and the doctors have little hope for her survival.

I knew she was having a real tough time with the disease, and that it's not normally that extreme, but up until I heard the current news I had no idea that it could be fatal. As a matter of fact that has been my sort of way to deal with this sometimes... "I might go blind, but it's not like I'm going to die". Indeed... people can and have died as a direct result of this crap.

I want my fucking bubble back.

Last edited by cori93437; 04-23-2012 at 04:18 PM.

“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.”
~Friedrich Nietzsche
And that's why I'm here eating HFLC Primal/Paleo.